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Thursday, July 6, 2017

6 July - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

We all know the traditional narrative in International Relations of the state as a unitary act. Despite substantial volumes of work in the foreign policy analysis subdiscipline as well as in IR theory, the common shorthand in IR scholarship is to say ‘China’ did X or ‘Britain’ bombed Y. At least in the case of […]

Iraqi forces helping a family escape the Islamic State through a hole in a wall in Old City district of West Mosul (Al Jazeera) The Iraqi forces (ISF) were cleaning up the south in the Old City as well as pushing to the Tigris River in west Mosul. Bab al-Tob, one of the southern entrances to the area was declared freed for the secondtime. The Federal police tookSargkhana Street, Tawalib, Bab al-Saray again, and Katunya for the third time. Maidan, one neighborhood away from the Tigris, Nujafi, and Shahwan, which is on the Tigris were under siege as well. Federal Police chief Genera...more »

Do your own fact-checking, especially about people and places you know little to nothing at all about. *July 6, 2017* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The goal of informing an audience is straightforward and employs equally straightforward methods. The goal of manipulating an audience, however, is more complicated. It involves not only manipulating the current facts, but also reaching back and forth through time to revise both distant and recent history. A recent example drawn from Bloomberg, illustrates how this process is done as the Western media works to target and undermine one of ...more »

Classical Renaissance World Land-Bridge New International Economic Order Video of xGJYT2Sj42s Join us tonight for a discussion with John Sigerson, director of the Schiller Institute NYC Chorus, along with Kesha Rogers and Bill Roberts of the LaRouchePAC Policy Committee. Humanity stands at a great cross-roads and the turbulence of the transition from old, failed ideas and accompanying cultures could not be greater or more dangerous. Everywhere the British set traps to preserve their system, igniting and continuing conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine, and North Korea. Will they suc...more »

PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20170706-in-suspense.pdf There is a sense of the world being 'in suspense' right now, pending the events of the July 7-8 meeting of the Group of 20 in Hamburg, Germany. This is certainly not because there are grounds for presuming a miracle will drop from the sky to save the day. The likelihood is for a formal papering-over of rotten splits and policies. But there are individuals and powers in action, to force a change for the good. There is no time to lose; dangers are great. As Russian President Vladimir Putin said recently at the St. Petersburg Internatio...more »

*THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2017Part 3—Pretending we weren't "benumbed:"* Soon after the attacks of September 11, Tony Judt revisited Albert Camus' famous novel, The Plague, in the pages of the Guardian. All in all, we're not sure we understand or agree with Judt's implied perspective. "In New York, in November 2001, we are better placed than we could ever have wished to feel the lash of the novel's astonishing final sentence?" In that final sentence, which Judt later quotes, Camus' narrator reminds his readers that the human race is never free from the possibility of pestilence. Here is...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:25 P.M.) – Fierce fighting broke out between two jihadi groups in the northern countryside of Homs, local activists reported. The infighting – which erupted in Talbiseh town between the FSA-affiliated Liwa al-Tawheed and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham – have killed scores including two senior commanders from both sides. The rebel-controlled areas in northern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Major General Qasim Soleimani, called a sharp attack on the leadership of Saudi regime, accusing it of foolishness and lack of rationality. The Commander of the Quds Brigade of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Major General Qasim Soleimani, called a sharp attack on the leadership of Saudi regime, accusing it of foolishness and lack of rationality, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:45 P.M.) – At least 224 civilians were killed by US-coalition airstrikes since the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces entered the ISIS-controlled Raqqa in northern Syrian approximately a month ago. “At least 224 civilians, including 38 children and 28 women, have been killed in air strikes by the global coalition on Raqa since the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 P.M.) – The ISIS-linked Amaq media group has released footage of an Islamic State anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) team scoring a direct hit on a gathering of troops belonging to the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the area of Qayyarah. The missile attack represents something of a stand-off ambush. The PMU troops […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:45 P.M.) – Syrian rebels entrenched in the Eastern Ghouta region are on the process of stirring provocations by using chemical agents in order to pave the way for a potential US airstrikes against government positions, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. “According to the available information, Syrian terrorist groups […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – A new Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel group is being formed-up in eastern Syria as the regime in Washington, anxious about the success of pro-government forces in central Syria against ISIS, hopes to curtail the efforts of the Damascus government in restoring the country’s sovereignty. The new militant group – […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) – A high ranking rebel commander was assassinated, Thursday, after an unknown assailant fired a gunshot at his head in the Dara’a Governorate. Mahmoud Fawaz Al-Ghabiti, the commander of Ahel Al-Kitaab Wal Sunni Regiment, was assassinated in the reconciled town of Da’el, rebel activists reported. While no information about the assailants […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:50 P.M.) – The militants of Faylaq Al-Rahman are having a rough day in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) steadily advances in Jobar and ‘Ayn Tarma. Led by the 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army scored more gains this afternoon in ‘Ayn Tarma, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – With the military intensity of pro-government operations against ISIS forces in eastern Hama increasing on a daily basis, and with new gains on the east Hama front being made today by the Desert Hawks paramilitary group and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), it now appears that Syrian High Command is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(TASS) Russia has voiced strong support for the Iraqi authorities’ steps on fighting terrorists in the country, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday, commenting on the liberation of Mosul. “Russia decisively backs the steps of Iraq’s authorities on eliminating the hotspot of international terrorism in Iraq and restoring the sovereignty over its […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – A suicide bomber detonated their explosive belt near the gathering point for buses to transport people from Hama to Masyaf, today. As a result of this terrorist attack, at least three people were killed several other bystanders were severely wounded in Hama City. No group has claimed responsibility for this […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(TASS) Syrian militants are preparing provocations with the use of chemical weapons in Eastern Ghouta to ground the US airstrikes on the positions of Syria’s pro-government forces, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. “According to the available information, Syrian militant groups are planning staged provocations with the use of chemical weapons to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

"*Seymour Hersh*, the guy who broke My Lai, Noriega drug trade, and Abu Graib torture and many, many other scandals *can no longer be published in the US*... "His second-to-last historic bombshell - the expose on the 2013 sarin false-flag attack in Syria - was published only in the *London Review of Books*. "But now he can't publish there either." America's best reporter forced to publish columns overseas . US media blacks out Seymour Hersh exposé of Washington's lies .

Here, on Ottawa's Canada 150 event which was planned solely for the benefit of VIPs and businesses rather than mere people - and how that reality fits the Trudeau Libs' general governing themes. For further reading... - Again, CBC reported on the Canada Day fiasco, while the Ottawa Citizen published accounts from a few of the people who ran into it. - CBC also followed up with Ottawa Tourism - which is the source of the column's observations about full hotels and restaurants being seen as a far higher priority than the well-being of participants - while also going into a bit more det...more »

CNN is so inept they *can't even blackmail the right person.* *It's obvious they've never heard of the Streisand Effect. * *Meantime, Steve Scalise, who suffered devastating wounds at the hand of an insane libtard, struggles with his recovery. * *Powerline:* House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was readmitted to ­MedStar Washington’s Intensive Care Unit today. He is listed in serious condition (downgraded from fair) due to new concerns about infection. The hospital did not elaborate on these concerns. Scalise’s condition had steadily improved since mid-June when he was shot by a...more »

This and that for your Thursday reading. - Darlene O'Leary sets out the results from public consultations for a national anti-poverty strategy. And Dennis Howlett writes that our tax system could (and should) be set up to build a far more fair and supportive society. - Meanwhile, Ryan Cooper makes the case for public services which are simple to use, rather than imposing avoidable stress on the people who are supposed to be benefiting. - Jeff Minerd discusses how NAFTA has affected Canada's food supply by vastly increasing the quantity of unhealthy food imported from the U.S. And ...more »

After this appeared on the Indiana Republican's Facebook page the responses started pouring in: - *My children with significant health issues were able to obtain coverage regardless of their pre-existing conditions. Oh, the horror.* - *I have several pre-existing conditions and was stranded in a job I hated because it provided good insurance. The ACA gave me the freedom to quit that job and try to do something with my days that made me much happier without worrying that I would lose.* - *My kids had health insurance until they were 26. Two of them had a hard...more »

Are there a limited number of ways to describe the the background and methods of an experiment? Once something has been written well, and vetted by editors, is it a waste of time to rewrite it ? And if text has been reused, how should that be indicated — if at all? These are questions […] The post How much text recycling is okay? appeared first on Retraction Watch .

The Democrats, John McCain, Lindsey Graham and US mainstream media think Donald Trump is a Russian puppet, but a country that hates Russia thinks Donald Trump is terrific. The post Poland knows something many Americans do not: Trump is not a Russian puppet appeared first on The Duran.

*I love these old covers!*Last year, I blogged about a wonderful essay by Raymond Chandler called "The Simple Art of Murder", written in 1950. Reading that, I realized that I knew the work of both Chandler and Dashiell Hammett -- the originators of the hardboiled detective genre -- only through film adaptations. I hadn't read any of their novels. To remedy that, I borrowed several titles by each from the library.* (I also plan to read some of the giants of the noir novel, having seen the classic film adaptations of their work: James M. Cain, James Ellroy, Jim Thompson.) I read Ham...more »

By Dr. Mercola If you or a loved one has been struggling with low energy, excess weight or a chronic or degenerative disease like type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s or cancer — or if you simply want to optimize your health and longevity — I have great news for you. In an earlier article, I announced

Tomorrow, Friday, July 7, I've been invited to participate in my first-ever AMA-- Ask Me Anything-- at the Sanders for President subreddit. It's at 1pm (PT), 4pm back East. If you're a regular reader of *DWT* you already know that I grew up in the same Flatbush neighborhood as Bernie and that we both went to the same elementary and high schools, PS-197 and James Madison-- although a few years apart. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was at Madison before any of us, then Bernie, Cousin Brucie and Carole King, then me, Chuck Schumer and Norm Coleman. And then Chris Rock, Martin Shkreli and Andrew ...more »

*"The Jeffersonian Secessionist Tradition"* by Tom DiLorenzo “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” - Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Nov 13, 1787 "Thomas Jefferson, the author of America’s July 4, 1776 Declaration of Secession from the British empire, was a lifelong advocate of both the voluntary union of the free, independent, and sovereign states, and of the right of secession. “If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican for...more »

"Once in a while, life gives you a chance to measure your worth. Sometimes you're called upon to make a split-second decision to do the right thing, defining which way your life will go. These are the decisions that make you who you are." - Perry Moore

*UM paper should support free speech* The Michigan Daily recently published an editorial voicing opposition to two free speech bills pending in the Michigan Senate on the grounds that hecklers should be allowed to veto speech. The editorial not only has a perverted understanding of First Amendment jurisprudence, but also ignores the University of Michigan’s current policy. The Michigan Daily is wrong to suggest that our Constitution does not protect the “right to listen to a speech classified as freedom of speech.” In less confusing words, students have no right to listen to speec...more »

*Robert Farley* *Security, * A truly terrifying thought. *The USS Zumwalt is going to win this battle in almost any conceivable scenario. This is not surprising; Zumwalt will enter service over seventy years after Wisconsin. If we start the fight with different assumptions (without Zumwalt’s long range munitions, or without the Tomahawk Block IV), then things look rather better for the battleship, but the destroyer probably still inflicts serious damage and escapes. It is nevertheless remarkable to imagine that Wisconsin could possibly survive the fight, even in battered condit...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* Theoretically, without a drive-shaft, a submarine should be much quieter, and thus much more difficult to detect. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) claims to have developed new electrically-powered pump-jet propulsor that would theoretically be much quieter than any current generation Western submarine propulsion system. Unlike a conventional propulsor design—which is turned by a mechanical drive shaft—China’s rim-driven system is powered by an electrical motor embedded in the propulsor’s shroud. “A rim-driven pump-jet has a ring-...more »

*Daily Mail*: *Trump warns the future of the West is in doubt, calls on the world to stop North Korea and admits Russia could have helped him win in major speech alongside Polish president* * President Donald Trump met with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday * Trump will question if the West has the 'will to survive' in a speech this afternoon * He said earlier that North Korea would face 'consequences' for its ICBM test * He also admitted that Russia 'could have' interfered with the 2016 election * Trump's visit to Warsaw comes before a journey to Germany for the G20 summ...more »

Once again, the case of Omar Khadr is causing a firestorm. The Conservatives are up in arms. But Jamie Carroll reviews the facts of the case: Notwithstanding his sins — or the sins of his family — Omar Khadr was a 15-year-old boy with Canadian citizenship when he was captured by U.S. troops following a firefight at a suspected al Qaida compound in Afghanistan in 2002 that resulted in the death of American army medic Sgt. Christopher Speer. His country didn’t give a rat’s ass about whether he lived or died for more than a decade. Brought from Mississauga to the tribal regions of ...more »

*Ho ho, its Hayhoe* *Below is a small excerpt from The Guardian which relies heavily on Katharine Hayhoe to create alarm. She is an unusual person in being both a Christian, well informed and yet is a Warmist. The vast majority of Christians are perfectly sane people but they have always included some nuts in their ranks. I think Katherine is one of the nutty Christians. I think I would find a lack of reality contact in her quite quickly if I interviewed her. Lack of reality contact is the hallmark of psychosis.But I don't really need to interview her. I include below one...more »

[image: celebrating-our-independence-from-the-export-import-bank] This week, we not only celebrate our country's independence from the British but also celebrate the second anniversary of our freedom from the Export-Import Bank.

The headquarters of the Democratic National Committee is seen in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron *Washington Times*:* Hacked computer server that handled DNC email remains out of reach of Russia investigators* It is perhaps the key piece of forensic evidence in Russia’s suspected efforts to sway the November presidential election, but federal investigators have yet to get their hands on the hacked computer server that handled email from the Democratic National Committee. Indeed, the only cybersecurity specialists who have taken a look at the server are from Cr...more »

General Atomics *Fritz Lodge, Cipher Brief*:* Best Of: Railguns: The Fast, the Furious—and the Future?* With electromagnetic railgun systems (EMRS), “faster than a speeding bullet” takes on new meaning. The 32-megajoule – a measurement of power applied over a period of time, in this case equivalent to about nine kilowatt-hours – railgun in its second phase of testing by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) can fire a projectile at seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7), almost three times faster than an M16 rifle bullet. What’s more, the weapon achieves this blistering speed withou...more »

*Should I adopt a Burro* for work at the White Wolf Mine? How can I be an old sourdough miner without a burro? Yes, I'm up at the mine today, on walk-about, considering the options. Who'd have thought that I needed a kitchen design consultant for a hovel? Is a little burro called a burrito? I have a photo guide for your use to help you discriminate between the two: Two burros with a young burro - sometimes mistakenly called a burrito. You should not eat this sort of burrito. Conventional burrito, suitable for consumption. The Sonora and Mojave Deserts are home to a legion of burro...more »

Former Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, recently gave a pep talk to the Bank of Japan, discussing the nation's monetary woes. As those of us that have been paying attention know, Japan's economy has suffered from a multi-decade period of mediocrity with deflationary pressures present despite the Bank of Japan's best efforts to stimulate inflation and reverse low economic growth rates. In this posting, I want to look at some of his key points and explain why I think that the Bank of Japan, like the Federal Reserve, is doomed to monetary policy failure. Let's open by lookin...more »

In Congress, July 4, 1776. — NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, — NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017 When in the Course of human events, — NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017 it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, — NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017 and to assume among the powers of the earth, — NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017 This goes on for tweet after tweet until the entire Declaration of Independence has been shared, which is something that NPR has been doing, in one form or another, for ...more »

Bret Stephens is distressed by the state of conservatism, and he knows when everything went south: [William F.] Buckley died in 2008. The conservatism he nourished was fundamentally literary: To play a significant part in it you had to know how to write, and in order to write well you had to read widely, and in order to do that you had to, well, enjoy reading. In hindsight, 2008, the year of Sarah Palin, was also the year when literary conservatism went into eclipse. Suddenly, you didn’t need to devote a month to researching and writing a 7,000-word critique of Obama administration...more »

A 1993 photo of a Chinese Han-class submarine. These vessels were very noisy, and thus, easy to track. (US Navy photo) *We Are The Mighty:* *Chinese naval engineers claim they've developed a super quiet sub to track US ships* China is planning to install new propulsion technology on its newest classes of submarines, making them much harder for American sonar systems to detect and track. According to a Chinese media report, Beijing is developing pump-jet propulsion for its subs. The system has been widely used on American and British submarines since it offers much more noise reduc...more »

*Bloomberg:* *Venezuela's Default Risk Is Rising* * Nation’s reserves haven’t fallen below that level since 2002 * Political tension spikes as Maduro plans new constitution Bets on a Venezuelan default are climbing as international reserves slump toward $10 billion amid anti-government protests and President Nicolas Maduro’s push to rewrite the constitution. The implied probability of the country missing a payment over the next 12 months rose to 56 percent in June, according to credit-default swaps data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s the highest level since December. The odds of a ...more »

Isthebbcbiased.blogspot.co.uk has a piece of video here http://isthebbcbiased.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/michael-grade-on-bbcs-israel-coverage.html that should be of interest. 'It's not every day that a former Chairman of the BBC castigates the BBC over its coverage of Israel, but today was that day'

'A dossier handed to BBC chiefs claimed that of 366 guest speakers on the business slot on BBC Today, 52.5 per cent were negative about Brexit – against 16.3 per cent who were optimistic about the post-referendum outlook.' More about BBC anti Brexit coverage here https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3955899/bbc-bosses-reject-a-damning-dossier-accusing-the-broadcasting-corporation-of-anti-brexit-bias-in-radio-4-coverage/ More BBC anti Brexit coverage all over the BBC.

By Paul Homewood Another gem from Katharine! If you look at the Southeast, they are very vulnerable along the coastline to hurricanes and storms……. So the latest projections are not for any more frequent hurricanes but for stronger hurricanes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/aug/25/how-talk-climate-sceptic In fact the US has now gone 11 years without a major hurricane, the longest […]

By Paul Homewood Is the Michael Mann/Tim Ball case coming to a head? John Sullivan writes: Penn State climate scientist, Michael ‘hockey stick’ Mann commits contempt of court in the ‘climate science trial of the century.’ Prominent alarmist shockingly defies judge and refuses to surrender data for open court examination. Only possible […]

*"'America First’ Does Not Mean ‘Americans First’"* by Bill Bonner "Recently, I saw this quote from Steve Bannon. He described his core belief. It is that ‘we’re a nation with an economy, not an economy just in some global marketplace’. When I read that, it sounded familiar. Then I realized, it is almost a direct translation of a remark by Juan Perón: ‘The nation does not exist for the benefit of the economy. The economy must serve the nation.’ This is what is known as ‘economic nationalism’. It is not necessarily either wrong or right. Neither good nor bad. But it is packed with m...more »

Police officers in Florida are warning residents about leaving dogs in the heat after they rescued a pit bull from a locked car earlier this week. The Boynton Beach Police Department responded to a 911 call about the dog at about 10.30am on Monday, and found the pit bull trapped in a car with the windows rolled up. Police said that it was at least 110 degrees inside the car when they rescued the pit bull. The temperature outside at the time was around 90 degrees. They had searched for the dog's owner for several minutes before breaking the car's window, police said. There was a...more »

Viktor Yanukovych is a flawed man and behaved cowardly in 2014. His security services by contrast were impeccable in their standards of professionalism against tremendous odds. Now their former President is trying to clear their name. The post YANUKOVYCH: Ukraine’s last legitimate President speaks out in defence of his security services appeared first on The Duran.

One US reported turned the press conference into a diatribe about Russiagate. This was almost certainly designed to stir tensions in Poland, Europe's most anti-Russian state. The post Donald Trump compares Russiagate to Iraqi WMD lie appeared first on The Duran.

Actually I think we ALL need these. I have yet to speak to a single person who admits they voted for Donald Trump. I live in Alaska so I know they are all around me, but so far not one bumper sticker in support, nor one person willing to state out loud that they voted for Cheeto Hitler.

One part of Michael Chessum's comments as reported by Guido Fawkes https://order-order.com/2017/07/06/corbynistas-must-hold-the-streets-if-theres-a-coup-against-pm-corbyn/ caught my eye: '... they may only be able to withdraw 50 quid a day if the credit runs dry' That's possible, a Labour government could result in economic disaster for the UK. Don't expect any BBC journalist to raise this with their friends Jeremy Corbyn or John McDonnell.

This BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40515329 manages just this about the headline: 'US President Donald Trump is to argue that the future of Western civilisation is at stake in a keynote speech in the Polish capital Warsaw. Holding up Poland as an example of a country ready to defend Western freedoms, he will warn against the threats of "terrorism and extremism". Poland's conservative government shares Mr Trump's hostile view of immigration and strong sense of sovereignty.' But that's about it before the BBC go off topic to discuss Greenpeace etc.

New Delhi 4 July 2017. Two leading doctors have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to urgently revise its new methodology to classify adverse events following immunization (AEFI). Jacob Puliyel, a pediatrician and member of the National Technical Advisory Group...

Note: The state motto of Montana is "Gold and Silver." Anne Dachel writes about the removal of a fair report on Vaxxed coming to Billings, Montana. Billings' population is about the same as the number of people in cars in...

Films and TV shows like Blade Runner, Humans, and Westworld, where highly advanced robots have no rights, trouble our conscience. They show us that our behaviors are not just harmful to robots—they also demean and diminish us as a species. We like to think we’re better than the characters on the screen, and that when the time comes, we’ll do the right thing, and treat our intelligent machines with a little more dignity and respect. https://ieet.org/images/uploads/g94z6bimcsq55thtzrgj.png

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:35 A.M.) – The Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called out CNN during a press conference, Thursday, for their ‘distortion’ of facts related to the case of the young Aleppo boy, ‘Omran Danqeesh, and his family. “We have requested that @CNN accurately cover the case of Syrian boy ‘Omran Daqneesh,” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – On Wednesday, some 250 recruits of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) graduated from military training. The site of the graduation ceremony is unknown and cannot verified, however it appears to be in the area of the Hasakah Silos. Up front and centre can be seen who key personalities who […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(TASS) The tests for the Ka-52K shipborne helicopter will be completed before the end of 2019 and then the deliveries to the Defense Ministry will start, Russian Helicopters (part of Rostech) told TASS on Thursday. “The helicopter trials are planned to be completed before the end of 2019. So, the deliveries to the Defense Ministry […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(IRNA) The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi-Amiri said on Wednesday that all the conditions of Iran in order to provide security for Iranian Hajj pilgrims and safeguarding their honor were accepted and inked by the Saudi officials. Salehi-Amiri added that safeguarding the Iranian pilgrims’ honor and respect is a top priority […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

"Here is the moral of all human tales, ‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past. First freedom and then glory; when that fails Wealth, vice, corruption, barbarism at last. And history, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page." - Lord Byron’s child, Harold

*"14 Facts That Prove That America’s Absolutely Pathetic * *System Of Public Education Deserves An ‘F’ Grade"* by Michael Snyder “Back when I taught at UCLA, I was constantly amazed at how little so many students knew. Finally, I could no longer restrain myself from asking a student the question that had long puzzled me: "What were you doing for the last 12 years before you got here?" “The problem isn’t that Johnny can’t read. The problem isn’t even that Johnny can’t think. The problem is that Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.” – Thomas Sowell "One...more »

US General warns, America is prepared for war in North Korea: "Self-Restraint is a choice." The post US General Vincent Brooks warns North Korea: ‘Self restraint is all that separates us from war’ appeared first on The Duran.

The investigation was not really an investigation or a fact finding mission. It simply took the testimony of biased and uninformed individuals in a different country from the site of the alleged incident. The post Russia slams OPCW report on alleged chemical attack in Idlib as a failure appeared first on The Duran.

Khalifa Haftar is an experienced military leader who backs the only secular faction left in the Libyan failed state. The post LIBYA: Haftar’s secular forces liberate Benghazi from Salafist terrorists appeared first on The Duran.

I have posted this before, but modernity has completely altered the economic logic of a State or a tribe. Most importantly, land itself is literally approaching irrelevancy. It still must be farmed and optimized but all the customers are living on sheets of concrete and physical proximity is optional. From this it follows that we need to establish both the super state to which no one actually belongs but all somewhat participate as needed and the natural city state which captures the cultural aspirations of a tribal grouping or any such grouping as people accept. Thus we can ...more »

[image: Mushroom3] If there is a take home it is that we do not mix other soils into our seed beds enough. It takes little effort to head out to a local woodlot and to shovel up a bushel of forest soil. Then making up a seed base should really be our next step. I would take whatever compost i have available, add in a bushel or so of forest soil and any calcium and other fertilizers i want or truly need, any bio char and ashes as well, then blend by turning on the spot while adding in my garden soil until i have diluted it all three for one. Then screen if necessa...more »

This nicely spells it out. It was all fuzzy for me, yet also an obvious question that seemed not to be a problem but not understood. This clearly establishes why an alien presence was completely possible in the ancient past and why we do have alien bones to work with in the archeological record. They will also never be chased away with the common cold. It also suggests that complete immunity to all forms of disease vectors is plausible and will likely happen sooner than imagined. We did master AIDs. . . *Would Extraterrestrial Bacteria Be Dangerous To Humans?...more »

Because the first chapter is reconstructed it is plausible that material from the Hebrew bible has been folded in or at least the translation has been informed by it. This does sound like the story of Moses, yet not so as well. After all forced migrations were rather common. And a technically superior population will impose itself on a lesser population to mutual benefit to establish peace. It is plausible that the correct name for the Great pyramid is the portal of Communication and that the Ark of the covenant is its key. All this is supported by other work as well. ...more »

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – South Australia, the world’s renewable energy crash test dummy, has just encountered a new problem; “climate” has caused their wind power to collapse. Lack of wind blows out South Australia power costs 12:00AM July 4, 2017 MATT CHAMBERS Resources reporter…

Editor’s note: I knew about this a month ago and held off posting as I didn’t realize it was public. Never again. from now on I’ll be breaking this sh*t first like we usually do. Sanderson Farms’ ‘100% Natural’ Advertising Claims Deceive Consumers, Threaten Public Health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2017 Contact: Katherine Paul,

US foreign policy is so detached from reality that it has become literally insane to a worrying degree. The post 5 reasons American foreign policy is insanely dangerous and dangerously insane appeared first on The Duran.

*is this how ALL PLANETS look i.e. hollow inside?* Electric Universe chief science adviser Wal Thornhill explores the latest data from *NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter* through the filter of the Electric Universe which places 'intergalactic electric-plasma Birkeland currents' on a more prominent and pervasive cosmological footing than 'some Creationist gravity-defying mega-moment'. Thornhill suggests that *ALL PLANETS*, even the planets at the cores of gas giants, even the planets at the cores of Electric Stars, are *HOLLOW*...

*Alex Pietrowski* - New evidence that chemotherapy does more harm than good. The post Chemotherapy May Spread Cancer and Trigger More Aggressive Tumors, Says New Research appeared first on Waking Times.

*“Loving Your Servitude”* by James Quinn “The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal society is a measure of th...more »

"*Crabs in a Bucket"* by Sarah Robinson "When I was a little girl, I lived very close (and hour and fifteen minutes) to the Florida panhandle beaches. Which meant we spent a TON of time there. Early evening was one of my favorite times to walk the beach with my mom and my older brothers. We were all clean and fed and slightly sun weary but still desperate to be outside. So, we would grab flashlights, dip nets and a bucket and search the ocean’s edge for crabs. We would catch a bucket full in an evening and drag them back home where my mom or my grandmother would cook them up into s...more »

US: We will use "considerable military forces" on North Korea "if we must". https://t.co/3gKD005p8z pic.twitter.com/4cHoXGhwVL — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 6, 2017 Can U.S. defend against North Korea missiles? Not everyone agrees https://t.co/vy4RY3rESN pic.twitter.com/DKhzSIIaCy — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 6, 2017 In one deal, a Russian firm linked to a security contractor will get 25% of oil and gas on territory taken from ISIS https://t.co/nnyTx9hxvr — New York Times World (@nytimesworld) July 5, 2017 Don't miss this look back at the first 50 Strategic Outpost col...more »

'More than 100 people in the UK have been convicted of terrorism offences related to Syria and Iraq since 2014, research by the BBC has revealed.' This BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40483171 seriously reports on the jihadist database without mentioning Islamist or Muslims. Quite incredible and yet totally predictable.

An open and honest connection with students, faculty, administration and staff marked Dr. John M. Dunn’s tenure as president of Western Michigan University. And although he is retiring, that connection, he says, will not be broken.

"Any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. I don't believe that was the case in the Iraq instance." More here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40510540 Tony Blair 'not straight' - No Shit Sherlock

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:35 A.M.) – Bashar Al-Ja’afari’s translated speech after the Astana Peace Talks: “These Syrian efforts, unfortunately, as you are aware, and as you may have noticed just now, we came out with the modest result after being in Astana for three days. “These efforts collided with counter efforts – so to speak – […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:50 A.M.) – The Houthi forces launched a new offensive in the northern countryside of Yemen, Wednesday, targeting the Saudi-backed Hadi loyalists in the Al-Khalifeen area. According to Houthi media, their forces attacked Al-Khalifeen after luring the Hadi loyalists into an ambush, prompting them to storm the area and seize a large payload […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(TASS) Russia’s S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems have been placed on combat duty in Iran, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said in an interview with Tasnim news agency on Wednesday. “The S-300s have assumed combat duty and are operational,” the general said, without specifying the area where the Russian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* A tank of the Emergency Response Division fires at Islamic State militants in the old city of Mosul. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo gallery .... *Last stand in Mosul* (Reuters).

[image: wimbledon-tennis-feminists-preach-equality-while-enjoying-inequality] Could you imagine lightweight boxers complaining they don’t get the money and exposure of the heavyweights, calling the different treatment “staturism”? Yet this is essentially the situation at the Wimbledon tennis championships this week.

[image: schools-tracking-mental-health-of-your-child] Government schools are now conducting mental health and psychological assessments of your children each month. Even more alarming: Parents have not offered their consent, or even been told that the exams are taking place.

*Wall Street Journal*: *U.S., Russia Spar Over Approach to North Korea Threat* *Pentagon notes advances by Pyongyang as U.S. warns regime of further isolation, military option* The U.S. and Russia clashed at the United Nations Security Council over how to respond to North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program, a confrontation throwing into doubt U.S. hopes for an international diplomatic solution to the burgeoning crisis. The standoff between diplomats on Wednesday came just two days before President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin plan to hold their first meeting ...more »

A new report finds that the three Global Average Surface Temperatures (GAST) data sets used by climate alarmists are not a valid representation of reality, including their repeated claims of highest recorded average temperatures. Authored by Drs. James P. Wallace III, Joseph S. d’Aleo, and Craig D. Idso, the new extensively peer reviewed research report […]

A new study has suggested that chemotherapy could allow cancer to spread, and trigger more aggressive tumors. Researchers in the U.S. studied the impact of drugs on patients with breast cancer and found, “medication increases the chance of cancer cells migrating to other parts of the body, where they are almost always lethal.” The study was

Published on Apr 11, 2016 In Israel comments made by one lawmaker calling for segregated Jewish and Arab maternity wards, have sparked outrage across the country. RT’s Paula Slier took to the streets of Tel Aviv, to find out how locals are reacting. end

Published on Jul 5, 2017 CNN is being accused of blackmail and coercion after it seemingly threatened to expose the creator of a meme recently shared by US President Donald Trump. RT America’s Manila Chan has more. end

China Issues Dire Warning On North Korea: “Sooner Or Later It Will Get Out Of Control And The Consequences Would Be Disastrous” by Mac Slavo, http://www.SHTFplan.com While the world watches in jest as Japanese residents prepare for the possibility of a confrontation with North Korea by panic buying nuclear shelters and air purifiers, we may soon realize that […]

‘I Must Be Hallucinating’ British MEP Mocks Brussels as It FINALLY Admits Forming EU Army by JOE BARNES, http://www.express.co.uk/ UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge mocked key European Union figures after it was finally revealed the bloc would pursue an EU army. – The EU’s leaders have dropped any pretence that it was not interested in having an integrated […]

Published on Jul 5, 2017 CNN blackmailed the maker of the animated gif of Trump ‘body slamming’ CNN, saying they would publish his identity if he makes another one. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story. end

Published on Jul 5, 2017 A follow-up to Project Veritas’ American Pravda: CNN video again exposes Jimmy Carr, the Associate Producer for CNN’s New Day saying he doesn’t think he “said anything wrong.” – Carr was recently featured in Project Veritas’ American Pravda: CNN video series, stating that CNN thinks Trump is “f*cking crazy,” that […]

*"The Idea of America"* by Bill Bonner “Elizabeth,” I asked this morning as my wife climbed out of the pool. “How would you describe that sea turtle we saw on the beach?” Pausing for a moment, she replied, “Rotating its slow and majestic flippers, it ground its way slowly and inexorably toward China…” The sea turtle was headed east. Whether China was its destination or not, I don’t know. I only know that it was about to leave the Latin America isthmus, from the west coast of Nicaragua, and put out to sea when a muscular, brown young man picked it up and carried it back up on the be...more »

*WNU Editor:* This is a clear and blunt warning to China .... *US warns China on trade with NKorea if it wants US trade* (AP). Unfortunately .... I do not think China is listening ....as far as they are concerned trade talks with the U.S. are proceeding as planned .... *China Trapping U.S. at Trade Table With 100-Day Sweetener Talks *(Bloomberg). More here ....* U.S. diplomat blasts China and Russia for ‘holding the hand’ of North Korean leader *(Washington Post).

You probably saw that Pew Research poll of people in over 3 dozen countries last week showing how the whole world is anti-Trump... except Russians. Unfortunately, Trump's behavior has impacted, very negatively, how people around the world see the U.S. Favorable feelings for America at the end of Obama's presidency was 64%. Since Putin got away with installing Trump in the White House, that's sunk to 49%. That same 64% of respondents from around the world felt Obama would do the right thing in international affairs. In Trumpanzee's case, the median is a horrifying 22%. And in Germa...more »

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? Reposted from Jo Nova: ? ? On Sunday, Goulburn got colder than the BOM thought was possible (and a raw data record was “adjusted”). The BOM got caught this week auto-adjusting cold extremes to be less cold. Lance Pidgeon of the…

The infamous "hockey stick" alarmist Prof. Michael Mann, condoned by Pennsylvania State University, tried to shut down the criticism of Dr. Tim Ball, a Canadian climatologist, by claiming that Dr. Ball had defamed him. Dr. Ball had backed up his criticism with publicly available science and challenged Dr. Mann to make his government-funded research data available for public examination. Many of you will remember that the ClimateGate e-mails had given rational readers good reason to suspect that Dr. Mann had cherry-picked data to create his hockey stick chart of historic temperature...more »

[image: cnn-producer-who-called-american-voters-stupid-as-s-t-claims-he-said-nothing-wrong] With the release of yet another Project Veritas secretly-recorded video, it is becoming ever clearer that CNN is not a genuine news organization, but simply a propaganda arm for the progressive Left.

Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, who has served as interim president Bennett College since August 2016, was named as the historically Black school’s 18th president on Wednesday. Dawkins had taken the reins of the women’s college in Greensboro, North Carolina when Rosalind Fuse-Hall resigned. According to a statement released by Bennett, Dawkins primary goals are increasing enrollment […]

URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois will hold a conference focusing on the problem of hunger in college students. Agricultural engineering professor Prasanta Kalita organized the effort to bring the Presidents United to Solve Hunger conference to the Urbana-Champaign campus in March of next year. Kalita said the conference is expected to draw up […]

DAKAR, Senegal — The United States has denied visas to five teenage students from Gambia competing in a prestigious international robotics contest in Washington, the team’s leader said Tuesday. The teens found the rejection “very disheartening,” said Mucktarr M.Y. Darboe, who is also a director in the largely Muslim West African nation’s ministry of higher […]

DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant to support the independence, productivity and quality of individuals with disabilities. The funding for the university’s Institute on Disability comes from the federal Administration for Community Living. It will be used for research, for training future health and human […]

NEW YORK — A Columbia University professor who specializes in modern Korean and East Asian history has returned a 2014 prize he received from the American Historical Association after some sources in the winning book were questioned. Charles K. Armstrong, author of “Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950-1992,” won the association’s […]

Launch of a North Korean Taepodong 2 ICBM MissileThreat.csis.org Just this Tuesday, China’s minion North Korea claimed to have made its first fully successful test launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). By doing so, North Korea underlined the precarious U.S. position in the orient, created by the past eight years of the Obama administration’s […]

*FOX News:** US watched North Korea prepare for ICBM launch* U.S. officials watched North Korea prepare for the Tuesday launch of its first successful intercontinental ballistic missile, a well-placed senior U.S. official told Fox News – however, no anti-missile defense systems appear to have been activated to shoot down the rocket. The U.S. had watched North Korea fueling the rocket prior to launch, the official said. "Clearly we watch North Korea very closely," Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said. The missile fired on Tuesday is a new type of North Korean ICBM, which has ...more »

Michael Mann fraudulently erasing the medieval Warm Period! Climate News A review and commentary on topical matters concerning the science, economics, and governance associated with climate change developments. By Alan Moran July 2017 Climate Science In late breaking news Michael Mann has been found guilty of contempt of court for refusing to hand over documents he claims to have in his libel action against Tim Ball. Sensationally, a paper by the doyen of the warmistas with Ben Santar as the lead author and the litigious Mann as a co-author finally admits that the climate models ...more »

*Get ready Australia!* CFACT will soon be on the way, and we’ll be unleashing our secret weapon ... Climate Hustle. Yes, we're pleased to announce Marc Morano and I will be heading Down Under to several cities where theaters are now booked for the Australian premiere of Climate Hustle … Seats are already selling out! Why is CFACT going to Australia? For starters, Australia has a large number of freedom-loving folks, just like you and me, who are fighting the good fight against climate extremists. In fact in many cases, they’re fighting against the same radical, power-hungry Gre...more »

*BBC*: *Venezuela National Assembly stormed by Maduro supporters* About 100 government supporters have burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, where they beat up several lawmakers. Witnesses said the confrontation came after an assembly session to mark the country's Independence Day. Military police guarding the site stood by as intruders brandishing sticks and pipes broke through the gate, AFP said. The government vowed to investigate. Hours later, 350 people were still besieged, the assembly's speaker said. Julio Borges said on Twitter that there were 1...more »

*Reuters:** In Afghanistan, U.S. senators call for coherent policy from Trump* A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators visiting Afghanistan on Tuesday called for a new strategy from the Trump administration to turn the tide against an increasingly strong Taliban insurgency and end the longest war in U.S. history. The delegation led by Senator John McCain was in Kabul on a regional trip that included two days in neighboring Pakistan. The visit preceded an expected Trump review later in the month of the strategy for the United States’ longest war, now in its 16th year, a subject ...more »

“Cosmic clouds seem to form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. Of course, the clouds are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn star cluster, Melotte 15. About 1.5 million years young, the cluster stars are near the center of this colorful skyscape, along with dark dust clouds in silhouette. *Click image for larger size.* Dominated by emission from atomic hydrogen, the telescopic view spans about 30 light-years. But wider field images reveal that IC 1805's simpler, overall outline suggests its popular na...more »

*“Reaching For The Stars”* by Chet Raymo “Here is a spectacular detail of the Eagle Nebula, a gassy star-forming region of the Milky Way Galaxy, about 7,000 light-years away (click to enlarge). This particular spire of gas and dust was recently featured on APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). The Eagle lies in the equatorial constellation Serpens. If you went out tonight and looked at this part of the sky - more or less midway between Arcturus and Antares - you might see nothing at all. The brightest star in Serpens is of the third magnitude, perhaps invisible in an urban environme...more »

“Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it’s better that we never dream at all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we’re lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true dream is being able to dream at all.” - Dr. Meredith Grey, "Grey's Anatomy"

*"When We Don’t Take Action: The Effect of Not Doing"* by Madisyn Taylor, "The DailyOM" "Our actions shape our lives, but what we don't take action on can be just as powerful. Life is sculpted on a moment-to-moment basis. Every one of the thoughts we think, the words we speak, and the actions we take contributes to the complex quality and character of the universe’s unfolding. It simply is not possible to be alive without making an impact on the world that surrounds us. Every action taken affects the whole as greatly as every action not taken. And when it comes to making the world a...more »

"A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor." - William Wordsworth, 1770-1850

[image: AWED Logo] *Energy & Environmental* *Newsletter - 7/3/17* AWED Friends: The newest edition of the *Energy and Environmental Newsletter* is now online. There is a LOT of great material in this issue, so at least peruse those on this summary. NC legislators just passed a two year statewide wind energy moratorium. Since Tennessee recently passed a one year wind energy moratorium, hopefully this is the beginning of a trend. For the first time ever there is a comparison between the effectiveness of key regulations of actual local wind laws. New York was...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:25 A.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defence released footage of devastating missile strikes carried out by Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bombers against the positions of the so-called Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) between the Hama and Homs provinces, Wednesday. The planes took off from an Engels Air Force Base in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

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